Tuesday, February 25, 2014

More Berry than Blast

Last week, D, J & L were all in Hawaii surfing and
looking for Stich. Mostly surfing
though. I got to see some cool pictures
of their trip including the part where a whale showed up less than a 100 feet
from Luke and Dawne. He came, played
around for a bit, all while the little surfer dudes watched nearby.

Lucas: We paid for a surfing
lesson and got whale watching for free!

Came back to the office to
this:

Zach's friend Derek was having
a part last week, and Alexander asked if he could bring a friend, which Derek
said would be just fine. When Alexander
arrived, he had a legitimate bum from the street. Alexander didn't see the problem. After hearing this story, we all agreed,
"Sounds like something Becky would do."

I spent the week clearing off 36 book shelves. I organized the books into sell, keep or
self-help. Then I put the nicer, coffee
table books back on the shelves so that they looked pretty. Then, when I was done with that, I did the
disgusting task of cleaning out the fridge.
Everything now looks super pretty, and as long as just never eat in the
kitchen again, it will stay that way.

I also caught up on three
seasons of "Parenthood," so yay me.
Had to get those in last week because the rest of the fam doesn't care
for it at all.

On Friday, we resurrected the
Try New Things Club.

Me: I'm having a TNTC meeting
at the house on Friday.

Zach: You see the irony, right?

The meeting agenda was to try
all the new Oreo Flavors. I thought
there was just the two, Cookie Dough and Marshmallow Crispy. That was until folks walked in with Mint, Berry Blast, Birthday Cake, Peanut Butter, Triple Decker and a couple different
fudge creams.

The day before I stopped at
Trader Joe's to get some milk: Whole, 2%, Fat free and chocolate.

Clerk: That's a lot of milk.

Me: I'm having an Oreo tasting
party.

Clerk: Oreo's?

Me: Exclusively.

Clerk: So no Trader Joe's
Jo-Jo's?

Me: Nope!

Clerk: Is this a party for
kids?

Me: Nope! Just un-showered
adults. (Okay I just said adults, but
it's funnier this way.)

I had also ordered Pizza, and
the delivery guy got lost. When I got
off the phone...

Becky: You're directions are
classic. "Okay, now count to 20. Now count to 4. Do you see the three
Prius'?"

The Oreo's were delicious. The verdicts:

The Cookie Dough flavor could
also be put on the market as "Starbuck's Mocha Chip" and sell twice
as much.

Becky: I feel like the berry blast is more of a berry
than a blast.

Kelly is still dreaming about
the Birthday Cake Oreo's

We all ended up in a little bit
of a sugar coma after, but it was worth every headache.

Then we played some Cards
Against Humanity. I paused for half a
second when I realized I was hanging out with co-workers, and maybe a full
second when it came to Mexican themed cards, sitting next to a bona-fide
Mexican. Then I got over it, and I
laughed so hard my face hurt. Kelly, no
tried testing out a new term that we learned in CAH, Auto-cannibalism &
Swooping by putting a cheese goldfish in with the beta fish. (Cookie seems to be doing fine, if you were
wondering.) Then I sent folks home with bags of oreo's and milk. (I assume they poured the milk into these
bags and grabbed a spoon for breakfast.)

Saturday, I finished up some of
my projects around the house, and saw Ocean's 5 (AKA: Monument Men). I also bought pigs feet for the pups. I gave them one that week, and they loved
it. And, b/c I love them, I thought I
would get some more. Only, they are super gross, so I haven't been able to
bring myself to open the package. #firstworldproblems
On Sunday, the fam was back and we checked out the progress in the Brown
house. D&J also did their weekend
visit to Home Depot and Lowes. Later, Dawne's Aunt Elizabeth come back into
town. On their way back from the
airport, we met everyone over at Red Robin.

Zach: The Wedge salad is the
laziest of all the salads.

Elizabeth: I never thought of
it that way.

Zach: That's the first thing I
thought of. Next, I thought, someone better bring this back and finish making
my salad.

Zach: It must have been great
to be a game designer back when Monopoly came out. I mean, how hard is it to make a better game
than Monopoly?

Luke: Here, this game does not
take 5 hours. Sold!

Then I took Elizabeth back to the airport to look for her
glasses, and then by the time I got back, the weekend was over! :)